%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiology of oesophageal stricture and its outcome: a study among patients attending a tertiary hospital of Kolkata
%A Subrata Dey
%A Indira Dey
%A Bhaskar Das
%A Dipayan Ghosh
%J Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
%D 2013
%I Dr.B.S.Patil
%X Background: Corrosive ingestion is a common cause of upper gastro intestinal tract injury globally and in India as well. It is often used as a suicidal and homicidal agent although accidental ingestion are also common. Objectives: In this study an endeavor was made to study the socio-demographic profile and etiology of oesophageal stricture cases, to assess the long term effects of corrosive poisoning and to formulate an effective therapeutic protocol to treat the cases. Methodology: A prospective study was carried out among patients with history of corrosive ingestion attending the OPD of Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of a tertiary medical college of Kolkata from Jan to December, 2009. A pretested and predesigned schedule was used for data collection. Result: The present study revealed that 81.53% of the patients were female and 87.7% of the patients ingested corrosives to commit suicide. Only 13.8% were given water as pre hospital treatment and almost all the patients were taken to the health facility within 2 to 5 hours. Regular dilatation and operative procedures like gastrojejunostomy and colon bypass were found to be safe and effective in improving the swallowing function. There was no mortality among the cases. Conclusion: Ingestion of corrosives appear to be common in this part and approaches may include increasing peoples¡¯ skill in coping with problems by providing coping skill classes at school and counseling in the community.
%K Oesophageal stricture
%K corrosive poisoning
%K oesophageal dilatation
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